Variable speed electronic signs will begin operating on Christchurch’s Northern Motorway from Tuesday after Waitangi Weekend, 9 February, to improve traffic flows during morning peak-hour congestion.
From this Sunday, 31 January, manhole or service covers running southbound along State Highway 1 from Duke St, North Dunedin, to Andersons Bay will be lifted and re-levelled.
The NZ Transport Agency advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Closures start at 9pm and finish at 5am, unless otherwise stated. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 5 February. Please note this Traffic Bulletin is updated every Friday.
The NZ Transport Agency has published information on travel speeds recorded by GPS units fitted to vehicles in the agency’s corporate fleet for the six-monthly period from July to December 2015.
The NZ Transport Agency is advising Kapiti locals that activity at the Waikanae River Bridge will be ramping up next month, with a big focus on protecting the Kapiti community from flooding.
This week Transpower NZ, the owner and operator of the National Grid, completed work to realign their 110 kV transmission line to make way for the upgrade of the Southern Motorway at Takanini.